Motor-vehicle.



No. 789,663. v PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

0. J. KILLI'P. MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLIUATIOKIILED MAR. 3, 1904.

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OSCAR J. KILLIP, OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 789,663, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed March 3, 1904:. Serial No. 196,4:06.

To all whom it 777/6711] concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR J. KILLIP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Redlands, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Motor-Vehicles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with vehicle partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view. Fig. 4c is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa detail perspective view.

The invention relates to motor-vehicles; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter (a designates the frame of the machine, which may be supported in any ordinary manner from the axles b and 0.

Over the front axle b is supported a motor 0, adapted to turn the short shaft (Z, which is provided, usually, with a fly-wheel a and is connected to the sectional extension-shaftf by means of a flexible or knuckle joint g. At its rear end this long shaft f is connected to the stem /L of the plane friction-disk it by means of another flexible or knuckle joint m. The front and rear sections of the shaftf are connected by a sleeve-coupling 32, forming a slip-joint to accommodate the transverse movement of the friction-disk.

The stem it of the friction-disk in is seated in the bearing of a slide 8, which plays transversely on the track t, which extends crosswise of the frame, being supported on the braces 4!, which are connected to the reach and the rear axle. In this manner the friction-disk is made adjustable in the plane of its face.

In front of the rear axle is located in bearings of the brace-framing connected to the reach a transverse shaft 0/, to the ends of which are secured the drive-wheels w, the bearing edges of which are made concave to correspond with the convex tires of the rear wheels .2 of the machine, which are engaged thereby. To the middle of the shaft is rigidly secured the friction gear-wheel 3, which is designed to be operated by the frictiondisk in, the plane of which is at right angles to that of the friction-wheel.

The controlling-lever is indicated at 4, and it is provided with connections 5, whereby the operation of the bearing-slide s of the friction-disk Z0 is effected, the slide being moved to the right or to the left, as may be desired. This adjustment is readily and easily effected while the vehicle is in motion, as the frictiondisk is movable on a flexible or pivot joint connection which is not hampered by the momentum of the vehicle.

When the friction-disk is moved so that it is centered on the friction-pulley, the transverse shaft and drive-wheels are not moved and the vehicle remains stationary. When the friction-disk is moved to the right, the motor-shaft turning to the right in the ordinary manner, the drive-wheels will turn the vehicle-wheels for forward motion, the speed being lncreased as the disk is moved farther from its central position. The reverse movement of the disk to the left causes it to engage the friction-wheel to the right of its center, so that the drive-wheels are turned in the opposite direction, moving the vehicle-wheels backward. As the drive-wheels shown in this construction engage the tires of the vehiclewheels, all the leverage possible is obtained, and it is designed to use large vehicle-wheels with solid rubber tires in order to economize in power. In order tokeep the friction-disk in proper engagement upon the friction-wheel, set-screws are employed the pressure of which may be regulated.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination withthe vehicle-wheels, of the motor and jointed motor-shaft, its plane friction-disk, the drive-wheels, their shaft and its rigidly-attached friction-wheel, and means for moving the friction-disk in the plane of its face transversely of said friction-wheel, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the vehicle-wheels, drive-wheels, their transverse shaft and the friction-wheel rigidly secured to said shaft, of the motor. its jointed extension-shaft, and plane friction-disk, and the transverse bearing-slide of said friction-disk, substantially as specified.

3-. The combination with the vehicle-Wheels, drive-Wheels, their shaft and its rigidly-attached friction-Wheel, of the jointed extension motor-shaft, the plane friction-disk of said shaft, its transverselyadjustable bearingslide, and the controlling-lever thereof, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with the vehicle-wheels, and the jointed extension motor-shaft, of the OSCAR- J. KILLIP.

Witnesses:

H. E. I-IIGBEY, F. H. HUNT. 

